August 2025 Indonesian protests

August 2025 Indonesian protests
August 2025 Indonesian protests
2025 nation-wide Indonesian demonstrations; Part of the 2025 Indonesian protests and post-Suharto era in Indonesia
	Clockwise from top: An elderly woman cheering on passing protestors in Yogyakarta; Motorcycle taxi drivers protesting in front of the North Sumatra parliament gate; Riot police ready a blockade as a man scavenges for plastic bottles in Medan; West Java parliament after being torched by protesters; Students protesting in front of the Jakarta police headquarters;
Date	25 August 2025 – 9 September 2025 ; (2 weeks and 2 days)
Location	Indonesia, with solidarity protests in Malaysia, Thailand, Germany, Australia, United States, and the Netherlands
Caused by	House of Representatives (DPR) allowance hike; Circulated hoax video about alleged insensitive House of Representatives members statements; Food and education cost rise; Mass layoffs; Property tax hike; Death of Affan Kurniawan by a police tactical vehicle;
Goals	Dissolution of the parliament; Resignation of the police chief; Reform of the Indonesian National Police; Passage of the Confiscation of Assets Act; Revocation of DPR allowance hike;
Methods	Demonstrations; Internet activism; Student activism; Sit-in; Vandalism; Riots; Arsons; Lootings;
Resulted in	Largely unsuccessful movement: Minimal policies change and substances reform; Damage to several local government buildings, public facilities, and looting of several officials' houses; Thousands of protesters arrested; ten people being killed, four of the total are non-protesters.; Reactivation of Siskamling civil force and Community-Based Security squad;
Concessions	Five DPR members suspended.; Government agrees to reduce' allowance for lawmakers.; Police commissioner who killed Affan dishonorably discharged.; Government proposal to form Police Reform Commission.; Red and White Cabinet reshuffle, including the Minister of Finance, Sri Mulyani; Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa sworn in as the replacement.;
Parties
Protesters(no centralized authority) Students' unions All-Indonesian Students' Union; Muslim Students' Association; Indonesian National Student Movement; Indonesian Muslim Students' Movement; Indonesian Christian Student Movement; ; Labor unions Indonesian Trade Union Confederation; Congress of Indonesia Unions Alliance; Confederation of All Indonesian Workers' Unions; Indonesian Workers Welfare Union; ; Labor Party; Motorcycle taxi drivers;	Government Indonesian National Police Mobile Brigade Corps; Civil Order Corps; Anti-Anarchist Law Enforcement Task Force; ; Municipal Police; Indonesian Armed Forces Indonesian Army; Indonesian Navy Indonesian Marine Corps; ; Indonesian Air Force Quick Reaction Forces Corps; ; Military Police Corps; ; State Intelligence Agency; Anti-protest civil movements Nahdlatul Ulama Ansor Youth Movement Banser militia; ; ; Thousands of Muhammadiyah youths and local pencak silat martial-artists in East Java; Real estate anti-riot residents; Pecalang
Lead figures
	No centralized leadership; Students' unions: Muzzamil Ihsan; ; Labor unions: Andi Gani Nena Wea; Elly Rosita Silaban; ; Labor Party: Said Iqbal; ; Prabowo Subianto; Gibran Rakabuming Raka ; Listyo Sigit Prabowo; Agus Subiyanto; Muhammad Herindra; Puan Maharani; Adies Kadir; Banser: Addin Jauharudin; ;
Casualties and losses
4 deaths; Thousands arrested, with 55 made suspects.	Several injured
	Non protestors: 6 killed; 1 motorcycle taxi driver heavily injured

On 25 August until early September 2025, several protests took place in Indonesia as part of a larger civil unrest that began in early 2025 over economic frustrations and a proposed hike in housing subsidies for members of parliament. Protesters initially demanded the House of Representatives reverse its subsidy schemes and penalize its members who made insensitive statements, as well as pass the Confiscation of Assets Act for lawmakers convicted of corruption.

Student-led protesters expanded their demands to include total reform of the Indonesian National Police and resignation of the chief of police, Listyo Sigit Prabowo. The protests, which were largely concentrated around the capital Jakarta, grew in intensity and spread nationwide following the killing of Affan Kurniawan, a motorcycle taxi driver who was run over by a Brimob police tactical vehicle on 28 August during a larger violent crackdown on civil dissent. In several cities such as Makassar and Surabaya, multiple government buildings were torched. Houses associated with or belonging to members of parliament were also looted and robbed.